Vintage Cigarette Lighters

& Ashtrays, too!

Vintage Cigarette Lighters

Welcome to Vintage Cigarette Lighters!

Anybody got a light?

This site isn't finished... but we had to start somewhere! A lot of information remains to be added on specific lighters - quite a few articles still need to be added - and hundreds more lighter photos. The Good News is that, at launch on November 16, 2011, we do have: almost 500 old advertisements for lighters - 30 articles about lighters - 5 lighter catalogs - a repair manual covering most lighters pre-1954 - use instructions for over 50 lighters - pictures of patents and store displays for many lighters - about 1,400 lighter pictures. We will be regularly adding more to the site as quickly as possible.

Purpose

The purpose of this site is to become something of a library concerning vintage cigarette lighters. The site begins with the lighters in my small collection. Moving forward there will, hopefully, be many additions of lighters from others who give permission to use their pictures and who submit pictures consistent with the quality on the site.

Collecting Lighters

There are as many ways of collecting lighters as there are individuals. There are individuals who collect lighters few others will ever even see - then there are people who collect rather common and mundane lighters (certainly far more of the latter than the former!) that are ones they like. No snobs here! Lighters from the most common to the rarest will appear on this site. However, since Zippo lighters are virtually a field unto themselves, few Zippos will be shown here.

This site does not deal with the value of lighters - unless it is in the respect of one that is for sale on this site. The value of a lighter is best found by visiting eBay and researching what the last one like it sold for. Since there are thousands, if not millions, of variations of advertising lighters no attempt is made to deal with them here.

Beginning Collectors

This site is geared more to the beginning collector than the "ol' pros" who already know (or think they do) way more than will ever be presented here. The lighters pictures as well as the multitude of other documents available are geared to finding out more about lighters for those who don't know and are starting out... or for those with just a curiosity about a certain lighter.

What Is Here?

Cigarette Lighter Ads - Aside from their general interest, lighter advertising can help pinpoint when a specific model of lighter was being sold. The goal is to continually expand the library of advertising to provide reference material.

Constantly Changing - Come Back and Visit Again!

UPCOMING: This site just launched in November, 2011. While there is a lot here, there are still hundreds of more pictures to add and lots of articles to come. More dates and details will be added to many of the lighters. Hopefully, people who visit the site may also submit some articles or information for use and to help expand it. Much is going to be added over the coming months - come back regularly and see what's new! There will also be some lighters for sale here in the near future. This is just the beginning!

ENJOY!

Website Conventions:

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Lighter Photos from Frank Dutton

Lighter Photos from Larry Tolkin

Lighter Photos from other sources

Many lighters have a set of letters in small text under them. These are for collection cataloging purposes.

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PRIVACY:
On some pages we use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our website. These companies may use information (not including your name, address, email address, or telephone number) about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this information used by these companies, click here. We collect shipping information on purchases from the STORE which is used solely for shipping; we collect some information on various submissions which is used to verify that the submission is made by the person claiming to make it and for no other purpose.

C.O.P.P.A.: We rarely collect information from anyone. The only time we collect information is if you are submitting something. When we do collect such information it is for our own use only in verifying that the submission comes from the person it is supposed to be coming from and this information is not shared with anyone else. We expect all of our submissions to come from people 18 years of age or older.